Japan news articles

Metaplanet Launches Bitcoin Magazine to Empower 1 Million Japanese with Crypto Know-how
Japanese Bitcoin visionary Metaplanet is expanding its reach in crypto with the launch of a Bitcoin magazine. The company announced their pl...

Japanese Metaplanet Reveals Ambitious 2025 Bitcoin Buying Plan
Japanese firm Metaplanet, often called the country’s version of MicroStrategy, has revealed plans to expand its Bitcoin holdings to 10...

Report Says New Wave of Crypto ETFs to Hit Market in 2025, Including Solana Leveraged Funds
It appears the success of the Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which launched in early 2024 in the United States – and to a less...

Swiss Initiative Moves Forward as Franklin Templeton Says 2025 Will See Global Bitcoin Reserves Expand
2024 shaped up to be all about crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and institutional adoption. And among that adoption, a trend emerged for ...

Bitcoin Hits Record $106K as US Considers Reserve, Japan Explores Crypto Options
Bitcoin has hit a fresh new high of US$106k (AU$166k) on Monday morning Australian time, topping at US$106,488 (AU$167,233) just before Midd...

Mark Cuban Tells Harris Camp FTX Debacle Could Have Been Avoided in US Under Different SEC Leadership
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban says he told Vice President Kamala Harris’ crypto advisor over lunch the collapse of FTX could have been a...

Bank Of Japan Could Raise Interest Rates, Sparking Further Crypto Market Fears
All eyes have been on the US Federal Reserve following Chair Jerome Powell’s pledge to lower interest rates sometime this month. This pres...

On the Radar – Coins to Watch 08/08
What a week. We’ve witnessed the largest volatility event in broader markets on record since the Covid crisis in 2020. We saw Bitcoin tumb...

Japan Hits Pause on Interest Rate Hikes, But Increased BTC Volatility Stokes Fears of More Losses
After the Monday crash in Japan – the largest since 1987 – which caused global markets including crypto to tumble, the Nikkei has somewh...

Japanese Market Rebounds as Metaplanet Buys US$58M in Bitcoin
Perhaps the hysteria was just a little pre-emptive. For lack of a better phrase, traders around the world sh$& their pants after a recen...

Japanese Market Sees Worst Losses Since 1987, Traders Blame Carry Trade for Crypto Crash
What a week —and it’s only Tuesday. Global markets are crashing, tech valuations are plunging, and the crypto market is down to US$1.9 t...

Experts Call for US Fed Emergency Rate Cuts to Avoid Further Market Chaos
Yesterday’s market crash has left investors scratching their heads as to what caused the turmoil. Japan had experienced its second-worst s...